> my top priority would be placing agents in Microsoft, Apple, Google, Cloudflare, Juniper, Cisco
Interesting thought. Or more likely, I'd guess, spy agencies might recruit existing Big Tech company employees who have access to sensitive and desirable things. That's usually how it happens, reportedly, when American security clearance holders get caught doing bad things: they aren't deep cover agents who spent years working their way into position, they approached or got approached by foreign agents because of their position.
Interesting thought. Or more likely, I'd guess, spy agencies might recruit existing Big Tech company employees who have access to sensitive and desirable things. That's usually how it happens, reportedly, when American security clearance holders get caught doing bad things: they aren't deep cover agents who spent years working their way into position, they approached or got approached by foreign agents because of their position.